Arizona vs District of Columbia
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 9 of them and District of Columbia on 6, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureArizonaDistrict of Columbia
Home price$422,822$579,332
Rent paid$1,518$1,954
Cost of living110.7138.8
Income$81,486$109,707
Property tax0.48%0.61%
Income tax2.50%10.75%
Sales tax8.54%6.00%
Electric bill$161$152
Snowfall2.0 in10.2 in
Precipitation9.0 in39.7 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.15 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.911.0
Bachelor's or higher34.7%65.5%
Crime rate4221,006
Commute26.4 min31.0 min
Unemployment4.9%6.0%
Population change+6.5%+0.6%
Wildfire risk98.226.2
Flood risk98.397.4
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.